'Suburban' is Latin for 'near the city' — from 'sub-' (near) + 'urbs' (city). The adjacent zone.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a suburb; situated in or inhabiting a suburb.
From Latin 'suburbānus' (situated near the city, of or belonging to the outskirts), from 'sub-' (under, near, close to — a prefix that in Latin can indicate proximity as well as inferiority) + 'urbs' (city, specifically the city of Rome in classical usage), itself of uncertain PIE origin though possibly from *wer- (to bend, turn) or a pre-Latin substrate. The word 'suburb' entered English in the 14th century from Old French 'suburbe' and directly from Latin 'suburbium' (the outlying districts around Rome). The Romans were acutely aware of the social and legal distinction between the urbs proper and the suburbia beyond its walls
Ancient Rome had suburbs. The Latin word 'suburbium' appears in classical texts to describe the areas just outside Rome's walls — a mix of villas, gardens, workshops, and cemeteries that did not fit within the dense, walled city. The concept of suburban living — close to the city but not within it — is not a modern invention but a pattern as old as cities